Soldier:  John Shaw Powers 

Regiment:  31st. OVI        

Company:  E

Age:  18            

Date Entering Service: August 27, 1861

Period of Service:  3 years

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Discharged on September 19, 1864 at Atlanta, Georgia.

Battles in which he fought:

Trinity, Al.                July 24, 1862
Stone River, Tenn.            Dec. 31, 1862 – Jan. 1-2, 1863
Rosecrans’ Campaign, Tenn.        June 23-30, 1863
Hoover’s Gap, Tenn.            June 24, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga.            Sept. 19-20, 1863
Brown’s Ferry,                Oct. 27, 1863
Mission Ridge, Tenn.            Nov. 25, 1863
Resaca, Ga.                May 13-16, 1864
Kenesaw Mt., Ga.            June 27, 1860
Peachtree Creek, Ga.            July 20, 1864
Siege of Atlanta, Ga.            July 28 – Sept. 2, 1864

Other interesting information discovered:

John Powers was born at Westfield, Morrow County.  After the war Powers moved to Peoria, Illinois.  By 1880 he was living at Hickory Grove, Iowa and remained there for the rest of his life.

Date of Death:  March 15, 1916        Place of burial: Hickory Grove Cemetery, Hickory                                      Grove, Iowa.

Adopted By:                    Researcher:  Patrick Drouhard